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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 071: The Case for the Resurrection

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

God, Vogt, Catholicism, Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Barron, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Church

4.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

The Case for Christ is a film adaptation of Lee Strobel’s best-selling book of the same name, one that has made an enormous splash in Evangelical circles and beyond. It is the true story of a young, ambitious (and atheist) reporter for the Chicago Tribune, who fell into a psychological and spiritual crisis when his wife became a Christian. In an attempt to bring his wife back to atheism, Lee used his considerable analytical and investigative skills to debunk the resurrection of Jesus. If Jesus didn’t rise, Strobel realizes, all of Christianity crumbles like a house of cards. In this episode, Bishop Robert Barron walks alongside Strobel through many of the common claims against the Resurrection of Jesus and explains why each lacks credibility in the face of real historical evidence. The listener question wonders how he might overcome objections from his loved ones as he joins the Church.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:17 - Introduction, Bishop's recent Confirmations.
  • 2:40 - What is The Case for Christ about?
  • 4:36 - Is it wrong to ask hard questions about your faith?
  • 7:10 - How is historical evidence used in the evaluation of the Christian faith?
  • 9:00 - What's wrong with seeing the Resurrection as a symbol of myth?
  • 12:30 - Is it possible that the witnesses of the Resurrection were hallucinating?
  • 16:30 - Is it possible that Jesus didn't die on the cross but simply fainted and was fully revived three days later?
  • 20:24 - How do the claims against the Resurrection hold up against the historical evidence as a whole?
  • 23:35 - How do people become convinced that the Resurrection is true?
  • 25:41 - What was the converging moment for Lee Strobel?
  • 27:24 - Question from listener: What do you do when your friends and family don't support your decision to join the Church?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.

0:07.2

It's Easter time.

0:08.2

I'm Brandon Vot, the content director at Word on Fire, and joining me is Bishop Robert

0:13.0

Baron, Bishop Baron.

0:14.2

Happy Easter.

0:15.2

Hey, Brandon.

0:16.2

It's saying to you and to your family, blessings this season.

0:19.1

Now, we're not only in the Easter season for you, I know we're also back into the confirmation

0:24.6

season.

0:25.6

This is your second go around as a, as a bishop.

0:27.7

Tell us a little bit about what this season means for you.

0:30.4

Well, you know, it's wonderful.

0:32.1

I like confirmations a lot, and I go all over my region.

0:35.4

So I've got about 40 or so parishes in this region, and I do the confirmation pretty much

0:40.0

at all of them, a couple of exceptions.

0:42.2

So it's hyperbisity, because in LA, we do them in a concentrated way in the two months

0:47.4

after Easter.

0:49.2

So a lot of dioceses will do confirmations year round.

0:52.3

We do them all at once.

0:53.8

And there's something good about that in the Easter season, and you kind of just do it.

0:58.2

But it makes for a pretty intense time.

1:00.1

So the next about five weekends, I'll have typically a confirmation Friday night and

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